New Paving with a drop on sides

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Looking to install a new path in my garden, from the patio down to the shed, nothing too fancy, 2x 450x450 slabs side by side, about 25 slabs long.

Problem I have is where the patio ends and the grass starts there is a drop down of about 20cm. I will slightly angle the paving downhill to meet the ground level at the bottom of the garden, no problem with that. But, it means that somehow I need to raise the slabs up by about 20cm above the current ground level.
What is the best / easier way to achieve that? I'm thinking of using a corse or 2 of engineering bricks to give the edge and just lay hardcore between the bricks
 
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potentially could, but the height difference seems to be a bit small for sleepers, would require a lot of digging
 
B325F843-417E-4D4D-979D-DC13DF768A63.jpeg Too manage the big height variation on my frontage I edged my path with granite sets then pebbles held in edge with small sleepers .
 
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View attachment 145482 Too manage the big height variation on my frontage I edged my path with granite sets then pebbles held in edge with small sleepers .

That looks great.

Only issue I forgot to mention is that each set of 2 slabs will be offset slightly from the one before to get the path over to the side, I figured that would be easier than cutting and trying to form a curve!
 
I was thinking of mitigating the curve in this fashion:

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Or do we think this is a naff way to do it?
 
I was thinking of mitigating the curve in this fashion:

bb3c06149e0d6479aaf5ab43d2f9139e.jpg

Or do we think this is a naff way to do it?
that path has no edge, would be concerned that soil from the garden and the lawn would be washed onto it .
 
It needs to join up with existing path which is higher than the grass level.

I was planning to build up with a course or 2 of engineering bricks to support the slabs, much like this
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It needs to join up with existing path which is higher than the grass level.

I was planning to build up with a course or 2 of engineering bricks to support the slabs, much like this
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be fine ,obviously laid in a wet bed of mortar with a slight overhang each side.

why not a step down? That would be perfect height for a step?

nice patio if that yours btw
 

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